Infrastructure Development
According to the UN, large numbers of people in developing countries still lack access to basic infrastructure services. Continued lack of access will constrain achievements of any development goals agreed for the post-2015 period. Resources available in this sub-theme include project summaries and successes of past infrastructure development projects, technical and field guidance on infrastructure development, and other resources that can help to develop effective WASH infrastructure.
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Infrastructure Development Resources
Water for agriculture: How one innovative project is helping African farmers grow more food
Published:
March 20, 2015Overseas Private Investment Corporation
This blog highlights OPIC partner Pamiga Finance S.A., an investment company developed to bring financial resources to rural microfinance institutions in Africa. One key aim of the project was to provide dedicated loans to African farmers so they could invest in micro-irrigation systems and improve...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaProject Spotlight: Hamma Desalination Plant provides clean drinking water for hundreds of thousands of Algerian families.
Published:
January 30, 2014Overseas Private Investment Corporation
With Algeria's capital city of Algiers suffering from a severe shortage of clean drinking water, resulting in strict rationing, stockpiling, as well as the consumption of dirty water by households and farms, the solution showed a requirement in a large investment in infrastructure. The...Read more
Belstar Corp: Modernizing Ghana's water system
Published:
November 19, 2014Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Shortage of clean water and sanitation systems in Ghana is associated with multiple health problems as well as 20,000 deaths per year. Belstar Corp., a Florida company, and Deutsche Bank Trust Co., have been retained by the government of Ghana to implement a project to rehabilitate 38 eisting...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaInternational Rescue Committee, winner of OPIC's Impact Award for Development Impact
Published:
May 16, 2014Overseas Private Investment Corporation
In Cote d'Ivoire, women draw water from a well built by International Rescure Committee, a nonprofit that works to respond to humanitarian crises around the world with a broad spectrum of services related to healthcare, improved living conditions, and social serices. OPIC provides political...Read more
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Sub-Saharan AfricaDesalination, irrigation, sanitation, and more: how OPIC supports access to clean water in the developing world
Published:
March 22, 2016Overseas Private Investment Corporation
Clean water is essential to life and also to address many of the world's biggest development challenges from poverty to malnutrition. OPIC has long supported access to clean water through a variety of projects from major infrastructure construction to small-scale microfinance lending. OPIC...Read more
Securing water in a water scarce region
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January 30, 2015Overseas Private Investment Corporation
OPIC provided financing and political risk insurance to support the construction of a 202-mile water pipeline, built by Disi Water, in Jordan - one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. Completed in 2014, Disi Water is providing dependable water to the people of Amman and has capacity to...Read more
World Vision- Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Published:
February 28, 2013World Vision
This webinar describes World Vision's, a Christian humanitarian organization, portfolio in water. World Vision sees WAS as fundamental to achieving all the Child Well-being Outcomes.Read more
Creating Clean Water Cash Flows: Developing Private Markets for Green Stormwater Infrastructure in Philadelphia
Published:
January 1, 2013The Nature Conservancy
Taken together, the chapters suggest that although
Philadelphia's parcel-based fee system is a good first step
toward drawing private investment to green infrastructure,
many economic barriers remain. In the current market
environment, the discounted payback periods of most green...Read more
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United StatesNorth AmericaDrinking Water Quality Testing
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April 29, 2017This workshop includes theory, demonstrations, discussion, case studies and hands-on practice to asses: how to use portable test kits; different DWQT methods; how to test physical, chemical and microbiological parameters of drinking water; topics including health, safety, sanitary inspections,...Read more
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GlobalTOP 5 WAYS COMPETENCIES CAN HELP YOU IMPROVE WASH SECTOR PERFORMANCE
Published:
May 1, 2017Centre for Affordable Water and Sanitation Technology (CAWST)
Top 5 ways that competenvces help prmote WASH sector performance. Read more
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